Buddha crossing a predestined person: Dharma and wisdom in life

Chapter 66 Cultivating Morality with the Buddha’s Heart——Dharma is like an ocean, and virtue is boundless (3)
At about [-]:[-] am on July [-], [-], he was awakened by a rapid scratching sound and croaking in his deep sleep. He recognized that it was the fox, so he got up and got out of bed and opened the door—the wild fox was restless. Looking up at him, and going around in circles again and again, like a talkative mute in a hurry.He thought, maybe the fox didn't find the prey, and came to ask for help because he was very hungry.However, just as he was about to go back to the house to get food for it to help, the fox suddenly bit the loop of his sandal and pulled it out fiercely.He suddenly had a premonition.So, follow the fox to the yard.At this moment, a [-]-magnitude earthquake shocked the world, and the power distribution room where he lived was instantly collapsed...

Since ancient times, people have regarded the fox as a sinister and cunning bad thing. He has done all kinds of bad things, and stealing poultry is one of his main crimes; The story of "and the crow" tells that the fox cheated the crow's meat by cunning; the idiom "fun friends and dog friends" compares dubious people to foxes; Call it "Old Fox".Enough is enough, enough of the fox's crimes....But it also knows how to repay kindness.

There are many blessings in life.When I was young, my parents took care of me, and my relatives and friends took care of me; I went to school, my classmates accompanied me, and my teacher taught me; I went to work, my colleagues helped me, and my leaders supported me;Whether you are a head of state or a farmer, a marshal or a soldier, whether you are lucky or unlucky, happy or depressed, you enjoy the gift of family and friendship all the time.

People must know how to be grateful.I am grateful for the hard work of parents, for the affectionate comfort of my wife and children, for the careful nurturing of my teachers, for the sincere company of my classmates and colleagues, for the selfless help of my relatives and friends, for all the good things in the past, and for all the people who have been kind to me , but also grateful for the people who once made you suffer humiliation and made you strong in setbacks.

To be grateful is to know grace first.Only those who can appreciate kindness will know how to be grateful.To feel the kindness of others, you must first get the sunshine of your own mood.Passionate people see the world with singing, dancing and flowers in their eyes; people with dark hearts see the world with evil and enemies everywhere. "The highest kindness is like water", all the kindness in the world comes from kind thoughts, and the benefactors do not ask for anything in return; all the sins in the world are due to benefits, and when the benefits are exhausted, the affection will be lost.To know the kindness of others, one must look at things with kind eyes and treat friends with kindness.If you treat people sincerely, you will have unlimited friends;

Economist Sun Zhifang and dancer Zi Huayun are both members of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and they often hold meetings together.One day, Sun Zhifang learned that Zihuahe was a student of the famous scholar Chen Hansheng, so he took the initiative to tell her: "Your mentor is also my guide. I participated in the revolution and became interested in economic issues under his influence, so I am very grateful to him." Later, Zi Huajun told Chen Hansheng about this, but Han Lao said, "I don't remember." The great economist called you a guide, but you have forgotten him?!" Unexpectedly, Mr. Han said very seriously: "I just try to remember the wrong things I have done-for fear of repeating them. As for doing the right thing, That is natural and should be, I can’t remember so much. The path and achievements Sun Zhifang chose are the result of his own hard work, and I have no credit for it.”

It is a rare virtue not to forget to blame oneself at any time and to forget the kindness of others at all times.Remembering the wrong things you have done is the premise of gaining wisdom and avoiding repeating the same mistakes.This is what a person must do if he wants to make fewer mistakes and make continuous progress.Under normal circumstances, the benefactor hopes that the beneficiary will give something back, intentionally or not. If the beneficiary does not express anything, the benefactor will often be annoyed.In contrast, like Mr. Chen Hansheng, he regards his kindness to others as "natural and should", and forgets it lightly, without asking for anything in return.This kind of sincere and generous mind is a higher and deeper realm.

In life, we must understand each other and help each other; reflect more on our own shortcomings, be more grateful for the favors of others, talk less about other people's shortcomings, and don't always worry about conflicts.If this can be achieved, the friction between people will be reduced a lot, the society will be more harmonious, and life will be more warm.As the French Enlightenment thinker Rousseau said: "Patience is painful, but its result is sweet." A guide who remembers himself never forgets the grace of others to him; And just try to remember the wrong things you did.These two feelings and realms are extraordinary.

When you know kindness, you should think about repaying it.The grace of dripping water is repaid by springs.Repaying kindness is not about treating guests to dinner, giving gifts or offering bribes, and it is not about making love to each other.True gratitude is the inheritance of good sentiments, the continuation of sincerity and kindness, and the promotion of professionalism and responsibility.

If you are a distressed person, you should learn to be grateful, because gratitude is a good medicine to get rid of your distress; if you are a person who is discouraged about life, you should learn to be grateful, because when you are grateful, you are When your body and mind are warmed; if you are a depressed person, you should learn to be grateful, because gratitude will make your mood gradually comfortable and peaceful; if you are a person who only cares about taking, you should learn to be grateful , because gratitude will make you give properly; if you are a happy person, you should also learn to be grateful, so that your happiness will be inexhaustible, and it will shape a person more perfectly.Friends, if you want to have a good mood, you might as well try to learn to be grateful and take every day as your Thanksgiving.

A heart-to-heart exchange between close friends is better than a feast, and a friendly smile among colleagues is better than a bunch of gifts.A family, if everyone knows how to repay gratitude, the family will be full of warmth; a unit, if everyone knows how to be grateful, the unit will be harmonious and comfortable; a place, if everyone knows how to repay gratitude, this place will be long-term peace and stability; A country, if everyone knows how to repay kindness, this country will be invincible in the world.

Heaven and earth have a conscience, sincerely cultivate the Buddha in your heart

We often encounter some young people who feel a lot of emotion: a certain person has made a fortune by unscrupulous means, and he is very proud and well-off in society.Why should I be moral?Now this kind of thinking is very confusing.

Why morality?Because you have to be worthy of your own conscience.

Regarding the teacher who ran away regardless of the students during the earthquake, there have been a lot of comments on the Internet, many of which are ridiculed.

As the saying goes, ants are greedy for life, let alone humans?When catastrophe strikes suddenly, everyone will feel fear, which is inevitable.But "people are not plants, how can they be ruthless?" It shows that people have thoughts and feelings.Therefore, people can use spiritual power to overcome fear and reach the lofty state of being a human being.Of course, the ideological realm of people is different, and it is impossible to be uniform.Therefore, people will show admiration for those who can overcome their instinctive weaknesses and become wise and courageous, and fearless in the face of danger; but it is normal for people to show contempt for such selfish and cowardly behaviors as running first.

Just because people's ideological realms are uneven, there must be a basic standard for being a human being, which is the socially recognized moral norms.What a person pursues, what a society advocates, and what a country encourages, there must always be a direction and a goal.This direction and goal, of course, is in line with the high standard of being a human being.

Of course, it is precisely because humans have thoughts and feelings that they can be inspired by various things, so animals also have things to learn from humans, but what they learn are bravery, loyalty, selflessness and other virtues that conform to human moral standards.For example, "spring silkworms will not be exhausted until they die, and they will be left in the world to keep out the wind and cold".If there is universal value, then this is universal value.Any country, any nation, or any religious belief in the world is no exception.Judas, Eugenie Grandet, such selfish villains are synonymous with despicableness anywhere in the world.The teachings of any religion and the national education of any country do not regard selfishness as a virtue.

The meaning of life depends on the condition of the soul's life.Among them, the secular meaning means that happiness depends on the richness of the soul, and the sacred meaning means that virtue depends on the nobility of the soul.Therefore, to be a man is to be moral.

In the Song Dynasty of our country, there was a basic standard for competing for an official position: having both ability and political integrity.Moral people are in high positions, and moral people have the upper hand.The reason why Fan Zhongyan, a politician and writer in the Song Dynasty, wrote the famous sentence "worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joys later", is closely related to his moral behavior choices.

Today, our country has entered the era of market economy. Since the market economy is an economic operation mode based on the full autonomy and freedom of individuals, it needs more morality and puts forward higher requirements for morality.

To be a man, we must be ethical, and we must be efficient in doing things.Ethics is to be worthy of one's conscience, and efficiency is to be worthy of one's life.

A person who acts against his conscience will of course use all means to harm others. Such a person may make some huge profits temporarily in the market, but he cannot succeed in the long run.

As we all know, the industrial level of Zhejiang businessmen is very low, and their business scale is very small. They belong to a group of grassroots people, but they can finally create their own sky.So, what does the success of Zheshang mainly rely on?Rely on their down-to-earth attitude and sincere manner.

Wang Licheng, chairman of Huali Group Co., Ltd. once said such a passage:

"A person may encounter many things in his life, some things will pass soon, and some things may make you unforgettable forever.

When I was in elementary school, there was a teacher surnamed Tan in the school. She was very kind and cared for me especially. We all respected her. After the 'Cultural Revolution' started, she was quarantined as a spy and put into the 'cowshed'. I couldn't accept it at the time: Is she a 'secret'?how can that be possible?In my impression, spies are very bad people!
However, you are a child after all, how can you figure this out?At that time, due to the influence of the publicity environment, I thought she was a spy, so she must be a bad person.So many children ran outside Teacher Guan Tan's "cowshed" when get out of class was over, looked in through the window, looked at her curiously, spit inside, and threw stones.At first I didn't participate, just watched from the sidelines.But one day, by accident, I also took a stone and threw it in.At that moment, Teacher Tan looked back at me.I can't describe this look, and it is still fresh in my memory, lingering, and unforgettable.

What is spiritual shock?This is!

Not long after, Teacher Tan was arrested.Later, I only saw her being wrestled at several meetings of ten thousand people; and later, I heard that she died of illness.

I've never figured out how I could be involved in teasing her.I feel very, very guilty all the time.What makes me even more guilty is that I have lost the opportunity to say 'I'm sorry' to Teacher Tan forever.

This incident has always deeply affected me.Throughout my business journey, including my life, I have always believed in treating people with sincerity.Many people think that if a businessman is a businessman, a businessman must be a profiteer.In fact, this is not the case. Being an enterprise is just a means, and it should be more about assuming a social responsibility and reflecting the return to the society.

The way Teacher Tan looked back at me affected my whole life. "

If a person does something that offends his conscience, he will have no peace for the rest of his life.On the contrary, a conscientious person will get the help of others to increase the seeds of opportunity for himself on the road to success.As the American writer Mark Twain said: "Kindness is a universal language that can make the blind feel and the deaf smell."

Be worthy of your conscience, don't do things that violate your conscience, and have a clear conscience, your business will naturally get help from more people, and it will grow bigger and bigger.

(End of this chapter)